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News Weber'a first Hall of Fame see page 2 Opinion Presidential inaugural see page 4 Arts Innovative films at Weber see page 8 n JEjJi r I 1889P1989 Jl)J) 4 IWj Sports Superbowl predictions seemF U. S. POSTAGE OGDEN, UTAH PERMIT NO.151 NON-PROFIT ORGN. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1989 Celebrating the Weber State College Centennial Vol. 49, No. 33 r . ? k ; ? ' : : v . ; .':. - ' ie i . . i I H ; ' !: A. : '- : j- ' - , ' . iVi. -i- ; I : . em' : '. - . - : h a. :s : ' . , ; I - 'S ' I i- i . ... f - r I V 1 ' f I , . - ; i . : .-n ' . ... 1 k,,..--'" i . ; .... i.,. ..- "BIG PHOTOGRAPHS" decorate the Collett Art Gallery during an exhibition sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts of Weber State College. See page 8 for more information. The Signpost photo: Robeen Gillum) WSC Tuition deferments may change By Scott Summerill Managing Editor A proposal designed to control tuition deferments and alleviate the overload on the phone-in registration system is going through revision processes before it is submitted to the Weber State administration for approval. Emil Hanson of student administrative services said the proposal is fashioned after a similar system being used at the University of Utah. The first stop on the road to revision for the proposal was the ASWSC Senate. The senate put the proposal through a scrutinizing session of revisions and finally approved it at Monday's meeting. Hanson said the senate made a lot of good suggestions, but not all of them will be appropriate. For example, the senate proposed that students should be able to request a deferment over the phone when they register. According to Hanson, many students that need deferments don't know about it until the deadline for tuition payment is upon them. Also, there wouldn't be a counseling session on the rules of getting a deferment and how to pay it back, which would cause problems down the line. One of the key factors in dealing with deferments that the proposal would affect is that students would be forced to pay a fee. Fees are not present in the current system. (see DEFER on page 5) Schools may be keeping Asian-Americans off campuses CPS-Some of the best schools in the country may be trying to keep Asian-American students off their campuses, the U.S. Department of Education said Nov. 22. "We have gotten indications there may indeed be a quota system being used" at Harvard University and the University of California at Los Angeles, said Gary L. Curran of the Education Dept., Which is now investigating the "indications." Various Asian-American groups, however, have charged certain selective schools of conspiring against them for years, hoping to keep the students often viewed as high achievers from taking over their campuses. "I believe there have been efforts to suppress what should have been enrolled at UCLA and (the University of California at) Berkeley," asserted Henry Der of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action. It may be happening elsewhere, too. Federal investigators are probing alleged quotas at Camegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. If the investigators determine the schools have been using quotas, which are illegal, they could be cut off from federal funds, Curran explained. Even if they don't, Asian-American students often profess felling unwelcome at their colleges. "when you admit more Asian-Americans, other groups are pushed out," said Hei-Wai Chan, a Ph.D candidate ate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since many schools set goals for how many black and Hispanic students they want to recruit, Asian-American students feel they are admitted instead of white students, Chan added. "That creates a certain amount of tension." Linda Asato, a former undergrad at Berkeley who is now a grad student at Columbia University in New York, also remembered feeling "guilty for being Asian. You feel guilty that you pushed someone else out" Administrators feed the feeling, if only subconsciously, argued Prof. Meyer Weinberg of the University of Massachusetts, who studies campus race relations nationwide. "If you look at the role of Ivys and other prestigious colleges," he said, "it goes beyond education. Part of their role is to preserve a certain group of people." Schools that owe part of their success to serving an upperclass, white elite, he maintained, would feel their status threatened by admitting too many Asian-American students, no matter how talented they may be. As proof, the groups have noted such colleges reject qualified Asian-American students in disproportionate numbers. (see ASIAN on page 2)

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News Weber'a first Hall of Fame see page 2 Opinion Presidential inaugural see page 4 Arts Innovative films at Weber see page 8 n JEjJi r I 1889P1989 Jl)J) 4 IWj Sports Superbowl predictions seemF U. S. POSTAGE OGDEN, UTAH PERMIT NO.151 NON-PROFIT ORGN. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1989 Celebrating the Weber State College Centennial Vol. 49, No. 33 r . ? k ; ? ' : : v . ; .':. - ' ie i . . i I H ; ' !: A. : '- : j- ' - , ' . iVi. -i- ; I : . em' : '. - . - : h a. :s : ' . , ; I - 'S ' I i- i . ... f - r I V 1 ' f I , . - ; i . : .-n ' . ... 1 k,,..--'" i . ; .... i.,. ..- "BIG PHOTOGRAPHS" decorate the Collett Art Gallery during an exhibition sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts of Weber State College. See page 8 for more information. The Signpost photo: Robeen Gillum) WSC Tuition deferments may change By Scott Summerill Managing Editor A proposal designed to control tuition deferments and alleviate the overload on the phone-in registration system is going through revision processes before it is submitted to the Weber State administration for approval. Emil Hanson of student administrative services said the proposal is fashioned after a similar system being used at the University of Utah. The first stop on the road to revision for the proposal was the ASWSC Senate. The senate put the proposal through a scrutinizing session of revisions and finally approved it at Monday's meeting. Hanson said the senate made a lot of good suggestions, but not all of them will be appropriate. For example, the senate proposed that students should be able to request a deferment over the phone when they register. According to Hanson, many students that need deferments don't know about it until the deadline for tuition payment is upon them. Also, there wouldn't be a counseling session on the rules of getting a deferment and how to pay it back, which would cause problems down the line. One of the key factors in dealing with deferments that the proposal would affect is that students would be forced to pay a fee. Fees are not present in the current system. (see DEFER on page 5) Schools may be keeping Asian-Americans off campuses CPS-Some of the best schools in the country may be trying to keep Asian-American students off their campuses, the U.S. Department of Education said Nov. 22. "We have gotten indications there may indeed be a quota system being used" at Harvard University and the University of California at Los Angeles, said Gary L. Curran of the Education Dept., Which is now investigating the "indications." Various Asian-American groups, however, have charged certain selective schools of conspiring against them for years, hoping to keep the students often viewed as high achievers from taking over their campuses. "I believe there have been efforts to suppress what should have been enrolled at UCLA and (the University of California at) Berkeley," asserted Henry Der of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action. It may be happening elsewhere, too. Federal investigators are probing alleged quotas at Camegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. If the investigators determine the schools have been using quotas, which are illegal, they could be cut off from federal funds, Curran explained. Even if they don't, Asian-American students often profess felling unwelcome at their colleges. "when you admit more Asian-Americans, other groups are pushed out," said Hei-Wai Chan, a Ph.D candidate ate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since many schools set goals for how many black and Hispanic students they want to recruit, Asian-American students feel they are admitted instead of white students, Chan added. "That creates a certain amount of tension." Linda Asato, a former undergrad at Berkeley who is now a grad student at Columbia University in New York, also remembered feeling "guilty for being Asian. You feel guilty that you pushed someone else out" Administrators feed the feeling, if only subconsciously, argued Prof. Meyer Weinberg of the University of Massachusetts, who studies campus race relations nationwide. "If you look at the role of Ivys and other prestigious colleges," he said, "it goes beyond education. Part of their role is to preserve a certain group of people." Schools that owe part of their success to serving an upperclass, white elite, he maintained, would feel their status threatened by admitting too many Asian-American students, no matter how talented they may be. As proof, the groups have noted such colleges reject qualified Asian-American students in disproportionate numbers. (see ASIAN on page 2)